Premises and Difficulties of Promoting Routes and Tourist Products in the Rural Areas of the Republic of Moldova

Petru BACAL1, Tatiana BREGA2
1 Academy of Economic Studies, Chișinău, REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
2 State University of Moldova, Chișinău, REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
E-mail: rp_bacal@yahoo.com, bregatatiana@yahoo.com
Pages: 317-321

Abstract. In the Republic of Moldova, most tourist routes crossing the rural space will be recovered superficially and inefficiently. A higher degree of recovery is characteristic of routes that begin in Chișinău and have, as final destinations, more valuable touristic objectives, as Orheiul Vechi, Saharna, Hincu monastery and the “Codrii” Reservation, the wine objectives in the suburbs of the capital and in the southern part of the Republic (the Wine Road). This problematic situation is caused not only by insufficient and poor quality of transport, accommodation and leisure tourist infrastructure, but also by inefficient management of tourism business in rural areas. As a result, most of the revenues from visiting rural tourist objectives are transferred to tour operators and budgets of urban centres, but the social and economic situation of recipient rural areas has not improved.

K e y w o r d s:  rural space, tourist, routes, transport, infrastructure, difficulties, solutions